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Cinnamon Bark and Aconite Eight-Ingredient Pill
桂附八味丸 〔桂附八味丸〕 guì fù bā wèi wán
Source: Yī Fāng Jí Jié 医方集解
Ingredients
- Shú dì huáng (熟地黄 Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, cooked rehmannia [root])
- Shān yào (山药 Dioscoreae Rhizoma, dioscorea [root])
- Shān zhū yú (山茱萸 Corni Fructus, cornus [fruit])
- Zé xiè (泽泻 Alismatis Rhizoma, alisma [tuber])
- Fú líng (茯苓 Poria , poria)
- Mǔ dān pí (牡丹皮 Moutan Cortex, moutan [bark])
- Fù zǐ (附子 Aconiti Radix Lateralis Praeparata, aconite [accessory root])
- Ròu guì (肉桂 Cinnamomi Cortex, cinnamon bark)
Actions: Warms and supplements kidney yáng.
Indications: As for kidney qì pill, but particularly good for debilitation of the life gate fire with vacuity fire floating upward, for failure of the kidney to absorb qì, causing rapid panting, and for lower burner vacuity cold.
Notes: This is Shèn qì wán (肾气丸 Kidney Qì Pill) with Ròu guì instead of Guì zhī and Shú dì huáng instead of Gān dì huáng.
Similar: Shèn qì wán (肾气丸 Kidney Qì Pill)
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